Two teams representing Kilmer Middle School, Vienna, Virginia competed in the recent WordMasters Challenge™—a national vocabulary competition involving nearly 150,000 students annually. The grade 7 team scored an impressive 577 points out of a possible 600 in three meets this year. In addition, the grade 8 team scored 572 points out of 600 in three meets this year. Both teams captured an impressive first place in the Nation.
Competing in the difficult Blue Division of the WordMasters Challenge™, grade 7 Araj Vij achieved Highest Honors for an outstanding individual score of 60/60 on the challenge. Tim Marcille, Grace Grossman, and Michelle Xu received High Honors for their scores. The students were coached in preparation for the WordMasters Challenge™ by Mrs. Folk, Ms. Outland, and Ms. Rotchford.
Competing in the difficult Blue Division of the WordMasters Challenge™, grade 8 Samantha Kelly, Tracey Mills, and Kaitlyn Pham received Highest Honors for outstanding individual scores. Students who received High Honors are Sarah Buckingham, Sophia Divone, Emily Buckingham, Jisu Kang, Jessica York, and Holly Waters. Honorable Mention was received by Meenakshi Balan. The students were coached in preparation for the WordMasters Challenge™ by Mrs. Steiner.
The WordMasters Challenge™ is an exercise in critical thinking that first encourages students to become familiar with a set of interesting new words (considerably harder than grade level), and then challenges them to use those words to complete analogies expressing various kinds of logical relationships. Working to solve the analogies helps students learn to think both analytically and metaphorically. Although most vocabulary enrichment and analogy-solving programs are designed for use by high school students, WordMasters Challenge™ materials have been specifically created for younger students in grades three through eight. They are particularly well-suited for children who are motivated by the challenge of learning new words and enjoy the logical puzzles posed by analogies.
The WordMasters Challenge™ program is administered by a company based in Indianapolis, Indiana, which is dedicated to inspiring high achievement in American schools. Further information is available at the company’s website: http://www.wordmasterschallenge.com.
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Friday, May 23, 2014
Kilmer Students Earn Honoable Mention in 2014 Scholastic Kids Are Authors Contest
Kilmer 7th graders, Jessica Maebius, Elaine Zen, and Lindsay Park, wrote and illustrated a picture book as part of Schoalstic's Kids Are Authors contest. They received an honorable mention for their story titled The Magic Shovel.
Kids Are Authors is an annual competition open to students in grades K–8 in the United States and U.S. international schools and is designed to encourage students to use their reading, writing, and artistic skills.
Under the guidance of a project coordinator, children work in teams of three or more students to write and illustrate their own book. The creative process of working in teams helps provide a natural environment to practice editing, teamwork, and communication skills necessary for future success. All students involved get a sense of pride and accomplishment from submitting the team project.
Congratulations to Jessica, Elaine, and Lindsay! We are so proud of your work! Kudos also go out to 7th grade English teacher Mary Kay Folk and Creative Writing teacher Barbara Appling for supporting these students!
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Kids Are Authors is an annual competition open to students in grades K–8 in the United States and U.S. international schools and is designed to encourage students to use their reading, writing, and artistic skills.
Under the guidance of a project coordinator, children work in teams of three or more students to write and illustrate their own book. The creative process of working in teams helps provide a natural environment to practice editing, teamwork, and communication skills necessary for future success. All students involved get a sense of pride and accomplishment from submitting the team project.
Congratulations to Jessica, Elaine, and Lindsay! We are so proud of your work! Kudos also go out to 7th grade English teacher Mary Kay Folk and Creative Writing teacher Barbara Appling for supporting these students!
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Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Students Excel in Fairfax County Band Directors Association Solo Competition
Congratulations to Eliza Pastore, Travis Jeong, Diego Stine, and Forrest Johnston for participating in the Fairfax County Band Directors Association Solo Competition. 84 students, county-wide, competed.
For their performances, Travis Jeong received Honorable Mention, Diego Stine placed 3rd, and Forrest Johnston placed 1st. Great job!
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For their performances, Travis Jeong received Honorable Mention, Diego Stine placed 3rd, and Forrest Johnston placed 1st. Great job!
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Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Model UN conference delegates rock WASHMUN!
Kudos to the delegates at theWASHMUN conference held on Saturday, May 10. Verbal commendations went to Arsh G, SJ K, Aaraj V, Jun C, Shreya R, Lizzie H, and Otilia D. Reza Z received the Award for Most Prepared. Most Eloquent went to Yash S and Chris H. Most Diplomatic went to Rohan S and Lexa H. Best Delegate Awards went to Misha T and Krishna D. Congrats to all!
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Friday, May 9, 2014
Kilmer Students Receive Letters from Authors, Personalities, and the PRESIDENT!
In the early spring 2014 Ms. Suchodolski's Computer Solutions students were tasked with creating and sending a business letter to someone they admire. Students sent letters to celebrities, CEO’s, musicians, actors, sports figures, authors, and politicians. Guess what Kilmer….WE GOT MAIL! This semester we have received replies from:
Great job on this fun assignment!
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